Psalm 139:14

Adrianne

I thought about this verse because I was thinking about my daughter and how beautiful she is.  I always say if I could go back and be someone, I would want to be her. She got a new hairdo this week and it was different but it was so fitting to her.  She was going for the Michelle Obama-ish look. My daughter is funny when she gets a new do.  She posted a picture online and I was reading the comments on how pretty it is.  They are right but its funny how I see so much more when it comes to her.  I see her inner beauty and how she is simply a wonderful person.  She has this drive that is out of this world. She has overcome a lot in her short life and she continues to keep moving forward and creating goals for her future.  But to me, she is still that beautiful Baby Girl that I met 17 years ago.  I have watched intelligence blossom and a lot of what she has done have been based on her own determination.  I simply cannot take credit for it.  I love watching her play Jeopardy or Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader because I am in awe of the knowledge she have based on, not what she learned in school but on something she read some where in the past.

She will be graduating in a couple of months and I remember thinking they would be little forever but that proved to not be true and I hold those moments so dear to my heart.  I look at her now and I see this young lady who is about to leave home and start paving a way for herself and although I think I have said a lot over the years, I wonder if I am leaving anything out.  What else do I need to tell her?  See, I know my time of being in the same place with her is short because she has made it clear she will be living in different parts of the world because she is intrigued with other cultures and the way other people live.  She doesn’t just want to take a vacation, she want to live and adapt the lifestyles of people that are not like her.  I admired that because I spent 5 years in Guam and never left the island to explore when I had places like the Philippines, Bali and Japan a hop away.  This is something I am encouraging her to do.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. I need her to know that God did not make a mistake when He made her.  He created her the way she is for a specific purpose and she should have peace knowing that He is in control.  All of her obstacles He knew they were coming.  I want her to know what I didn't know and that is she is who she is and as long as she is happy with that, it is always good.